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Black Bridge

Tama County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Ray Kasal

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Iowa River on 360th Street
Location
Tama County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1914; rehabilitated 1972
Design
Main span: Pin-connected, 9-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 168.0 ft.
Total length: 250.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.91990, -92.43412   (decimal degrees)
41°55'12" N, 92°26'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/546923/4641037 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 82 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 13
USGS topographic map
Chelsea
Inventory numbers
IA 316740 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14469 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2011)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
60

Categories 

9-panel truss (106)
Built 1914 (532)
Built during 1910s (6,728)
Iowa (3,491)
Iowa River (61)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
Open (28,295)
Owned by county (16,482)
Pin-connected (1,519)
 Pratt through truss (3,162)
Pratt truss (5,654)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,950)
Structurally deficient (16,675)
Tama County, Iowa (60)
Through truss (9,200)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,367)
Truss (23,559)
Wooden deck (5,397)

Update Log 

  • March 25, 2012: New photo from Ray Kasal
  • March 7, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: chnaged name to the common name
  • November 27, 2011: New photos from Quinn Phelan
  • February 22, 2009: New photo from Ray Kasal
  • February 20, 2009: Updated by Ray Kasal

Sources 

  • Ray Kasal - raykasal [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Black Bridge
Posted March 25, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

Hehe "duffus" landing.

Iowa River Bridge
Posted February 6, 2009, by Ray Kasal (rams1 [at] iowatelecom [dot] net)

This bridge is located 3.5 miles west of Chelsea. A few years ago someone tried to start a fire on the bridge planking. Local fire dept. put out the fire and it now has a steel plate covering the small burned hole.

Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.